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Recent Examples of gentleman Here’s Why Emmys 2025: Date Set by CBS and Television Academy The ruling reaffirmed that Blatter and Platini had a gentlemen’s agreement regarding the payment, which covered consultancy work Platini performed for FIFA between 1998 and 2002. Jamie Lang, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025 The ladies and gentlemen, as employees in the Ritz-Carlton eco-system are referred to, will move mountains for guests. Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025 With over 300 years of history (it was founded in 1681 as an inn for gentleman), this elegant property has 101 rooms and suites and a 3 Michelin star restaurant. Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025 The film presents Costello as a refined, thoughtful gentleman who masked his criminality with charitable causes and a respectable veneer, and Genovese as a vengeful, thuggish type who resorts to brutally violent means to achieve his ends. Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gentleman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentleman
Noun
  • He’s soon relieved of several pints of plasma and passage for this nobleman with the claw-like hands is booked.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Real-estate agent Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) has been assigned a case by his firm involving a nobleman who lives in a castle in the Carpathian Mountains.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But the science between the little guys and the big guys is the same.
    Allure, Allure, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Burden has the tools to be an elite receiver in the NFL, especially next to a guy like Amon-Ra St. Brown. 29.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In February of last year, Harry’s claim was dismissed, a decision which the prince appealed.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Stuart’s prince is suave, worldly, world-weary, charismatic — every inch a prince, really.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One said a young male on the tracks appeared agitated as an older male approached and followed him while speaking on the phone.
    Jo Ciavaglia, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Her only loss was against males, losing by a head setback to Fierceness in the $1.25 million Grade I Travers Stakes on Aug. 24 at Saratoga.
    Bob Wisener, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • By drawing on American folk tales and Southern Gothic literature, the action-adventure video game South of Midnight stands apart in a field crowded with Vikings, spartans, samurai, knights and sorcerers.
    Justin Porter, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Characters appeared to be sitting on air at one point in a movie about the misadventures of knights.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The new songs and narrative changes are rather good, too, but the seven short CGI dudes are instantly forgettable.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This guy's just a regular dude, a regular parental figure, a surrogate dad for the character of Lily in the movie.
    Yolanda Machado, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Visitors will find more than arcadian Constable landscapes and genteel Gainsborough portraits of aristocrats.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Dividend aristocrats are companies that have raised their dividends in each of the past 25 years.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Something will have to give between two men so seemingly unalike.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Having won the previous two editions of Paris-Roubaix, soloing to victory from 60km out last season, the Dutchman was bidding to become the first man to win this race three times in a row since Francesco Moser between 1978 and 1980.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Gentleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentleman. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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